determinableadj.n.

/dɪˈtəːmɪnəb(ə)l/

Etymology: In Middle English, < Old French determinable fixed, determinate, < Latin dēterminābilis (Tertullian) that has an end, finite. In later use, following the ordinary analogy of adjectives in -able, in which sense it has also been revived in modern French. (Not in Cotgrave; 1878 in Dict. Acad.)

A. adj.

†1. Fixed, definite, determined. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate

firm1377

determinatec1386

certain1393

determinablec1400

precisec1443

finite1493

well-defined1551

definite1553

determined1570

set1594

perfixed1601

formed1605

punctual1615

well-marked1620

definitive1624

determinated1635

determinativea1676

clear-cut1843

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 593 In sauter is said a verce ouverte Þat spekez a poynt determynable.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A v a Ther be ix. vices contrary to gentilmen of the wiche v. ben indetermynable and iiij. determynable.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxii. [ccxviii.] 686 The kynge hath commaunded me to gyue you a determynable answere to your requestes.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 280 Yet were there no small difficulty to set downe a determinable Chronology.

2. Capable of being determined; proper to be determined.

a. Capable of being, or proper to be, legally or authoritatively decided or settled.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [adjective] > capable of being decided

determinable1485

decidable1594

1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 7 The same Rescous and Disobeysance shall be Felony, enquirable and determinable as is aforesaid.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 144 Certeine principall pointes, concerning the Port townes, be determinable at Shipwey only.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. vi. 112 Affayres..which were not determinable one way or other by the scripture.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xvi. 39 A Forest hath her Court..where matters are as pleadable, and determinable, as at Westminster-Hall.

1685 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 248 All Causes not Determinable by y^e Respective County Courts.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xvii. 660 To prepare all matters determinable in parliament.

1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors I. xix. 322 Matters determinable by your common law.

b. Capable of being definitely limited, fixed, assigned, or laid down.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate > able to be

determinable1581

definablea1660

fixable1796

pinpointable1955

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xlii. 264 The Elementarie time, determinable not by yeares, but by sufficiencie.

1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie i. iii. 15 Every intention..is determinable by the act it selfe to be good or bad.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxvi. 106 Standards of space and velocity are also determinable.

c. Capable of being definitely ascertained (a) as to fact or identity, (b) as to meaning or character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]

understandinga1382

sensiblea1393

knowablea1425

perceivablec1443

takablec1449

understandablec1475

intendible1489

intentiblea1492

intelligible1509

facile1531

level1559

discernable1561

receptible1574

intendable?1577

excogitable1592

penetrable1594

comprehensible1598

scrutablec1604

distinguishable1611

discernible1616

perviousa1631

fathomable1633

cognoscible1648

colligible1650

determinable1658

intelligent1676

cognizable1681

apprehensive1692

susceptible1694

tangible1709

apprehensible1715

pronounced1728

comprehendible1814

graspable1818

prehensiblea1832

prononcé1838

possible1864

receivable1865

unsmothered1891

readable1908

discriminable1946

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 133 What is the most lasting herb, or seed, seems not easily determinable.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 274 These words being determinable only by means of the known words to which they are joined.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 348 Relations..not determinable with Certainty and Precision.

1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles I. ii. 29 One remarkable little spot..is also determinable with certainty.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xviii. 356 Whether Sidon or Tyre was the most ancient, seems not determinable.

1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 314 Some of the earliest determinable fish remains.

3. Liable to be terminated or to come to an end; terminable (esp. in Law).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adjective] > coming to an end > liable to

determinable1584

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft viii. iii. 162 The diuels death, whose life he held to be determinable and mortall.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 376 It presents all our enjoyments as determined or determinable in a short time.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4382/4 In Lease for 99 Years, determinable on one, two and three Lives.

1815 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 260 A truce determinable on the first act of impressment.

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 179/1 Determinable Freeholds, estates for life, which may determine upon future contingencies before the life for which they are created expires.

1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) v. 229 Here the estate would be an estate determinable upon the specified event.

B. n.

Philosophy. [translating German das bestimmbare.] That which is capable of being given a more determinate form or of being more precisely specified; spec. (in W. E. Johnson's use) a general term or concept (e.g. colour) under which several specific terms or concepts fall (e.g. red, yellow, green). Also as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > determination > capable of being more precisely specified

determinable1878

1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. iv. 272 Maimon adds [in Die Kathegorien des Aristoteles: Propädeutik 248] that since the critical philosophy has already fixed the meaning of the expressions, matter and form, he will use expressions of his own instead of them, namely, the determinable and its determination.

1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. iv. 272 Space is therefore the matter, the determinable (bestimmbare).

1906 W. James Let. 3 Apr. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 392 Taking ‘experience’ concretely..seems to me the only way in which to leave all its determinations real so far as they are attained, and at the same time to leave always a determinable..that provides for what is fertile and developable in the process.

1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. xi. 174 I propose to call such terms as colour and shape determinables in relation to such terms as red and circular which will be called determinates.

1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind ii. 44 Many disposition-concepts are determinable concepts.

1960 S. Körner Philos. of Math. viii. 167 Perceptual characteristics which in the philosophical literature are sometimes called ‘determinables’ or ‘respects of likeness’, such as ‘colour’, ‘shape’, etc., are all internally inexact.

Derivatives

deˈterminableness n. rare

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Determinableness, capableness of being determined or decided.

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	determinable
释义	determinableadj.n. /dɪˈtəːmɪnəb(ə)l/ Etymology: In Middle English, < Old French determinable fixed, determinate, < Latin dēterminābilis (Tertullian) that has an end, finite. In later use, following the ordinary analogy of adjectives in -able, in which sense it has also been revived in modern French. (Not in Cotgrave; 1878 in Dict. Acad.) A. adj. †1. Fixed, definite, determined. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate firm1377 determinatec1386 certain1393 determinablec1400 precisec1443 finite1493 well-defined1551 definite1553 determined1570 set1594 perfixed1601 formed1605 punctual1615 well-marked1620 definitive1624 determinated1635 determinativea1676 clear-cut1843 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 593 In sauter is said a verce ouverte Þat spekez a poynt determynable. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A v a Ther be ix. vices contrary to gentilmen of the wiche v. ben indetermynable and iiij. determynable. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxxii. [ccxviii.] 686 The kynge hath commaunded me to gyue you a determynable answere to your requestes. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 280 Yet were there no small difficulty to set downe a determinable Chronology. View more context for this quotation 2. Capable of being determined; proper to be determined. a. Capable of being, or proper to be, legally or authoritatively decided or settled. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [adjective] > capable of being decided determinable1485 decidable1594 1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 7 The same Rescous and Disobeysance shall be Felony, enquirable and determinable as is aforesaid. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 144 Certeine principall pointes, concerning the Port townes, be determinable at Shipwey only. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. vi. 112 Affayres..which were not determinable one way or other by the scripture. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xvi. 39 A Forest hath her Court..where matters are as pleadable, and determinable, as at Westminster-Hall. 1685 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 248 All Causes not Determinable by y^e Respective County Courts. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xvii. 660 To prepare all matters determinable in parliament. 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors I. xix. 322 Matters determinable by your common law. b. Capable of being definitely limited, fixed, assigned, or laid down. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate > able to be determinable1581 definablea1660 fixable1796 pinpointable1955 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xlii. 264 The Elementarie time, determinable not by yeares, but by sufficiencie. 1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie i. iii. 15 Every intention..is determinable by the act it selfe to be good or bad. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxvi. 106 Standards of space and velocity are also determinable. c. Capable of being definitely ascertained (a) as to fact or identity, (b) as to meaning or character. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective] understandinga1382 sensiblea1393 knowablea1425 perceivablec1443 takablec1449 understandablec1475 intendible1489 intentiblea1492 intelligible1509 facile1531 level1559 discernable1561 receptible1574 intendable?1577 excogitable1592 penetrable1594 comprehensible1598 scrutablec1604 distinguishable1611 discernible1616 perviousa1631 fathomable1633 cognoscible1648 colligible1650 determinable1658 intelligent1676 cognizable1681 apprehensive1692 susceptible1694 tangible1709 apprehensible1715 pronounced1728 comprehendible1814 graspable1818 prehensiblea1832 prononcé1838 possible1864 receivable1865 unsmothered1891 readable1908 discriminable1946 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 133 What is the most lasting herb, or seed, seems not easily determinable. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 274 These words being determinable only by means of the known words to which they are joined. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 348 Relations..not determinable with Certainty and Precision. 1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles I. ii. 29 One remarkable little spot..is also determinable with certainty. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. ii. xviii. 356 Whether Sidon or Tyre was the most ancient, seems not determinable. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 314 Some of the earliest determinable fish remains. 3. Liable to be terminated or to come to an end; terminable (esp. in Law). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adjective] > coming to an end > liable to determinable1584 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft viii. iii. 162 The diuels death, whose life he held to be determinable and mortall. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. viii. 376 It presents all our enjoyments as determined or determinable in a short time. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4382/4 In Lease for 99 Years, determinable on one, two and three Lives. 1815 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 260 A truce determinable on the first act of impressment. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 179/1 Determinable Freeholds, estates for life, which may determine upon future contingencies before the life for which they are created expires. 1876 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. (ed. 2) v. 229 Here the estate would be an estate determinable upon the specified event. B. n. Philosophy. [translating German das bestimmbare.] That which is capable of being given a more determinate form or of being more precisely specified; spec. (in W. E. Johnson's use) a general term or concept (e.g. colour) under which several specific terms or concepts fall (e.g. red, yellow, green). Also as adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [noun] > determination > capable of being more precisely specified determinable1878 1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. iv. 272 Maimon adds [in Die Kathegorien des Aristoteles: Propädeutik 248] that since the critical philosophy has already fixed the meaning of the expressions, matter and form, he will use expressions of his own instead of them, namely, the determinable and its determination. 1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. iv. 272 Space is therefore the matter, the determinable (bestimmbare). 1906 W. James Let. 3 Apr. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 392 Taking ‘experience’ concretely..seems to me the only way in which to leave all its determinations real so far as they are attained, and at the same time to leave always a determinable..that provides for what is fertile and developable in the process. 1921 W. E. Johnson Logic I. xi. 174 I propose to call such terms as colour and shape determinables in relation to such terms as red and circular which will be called determinates. 1949 G. Ryle Concept of Mind ii. 44 Many disposition-concepts are determinable concepts. 1960 S. Körner Philos. of Math. viii. 167 Perceptual characteristics which in the philosophical literature are sometimes called ‘determinables’ or ‘respects of likeness’, such as ‘colour’, ‘shape’, etc., are all internally inexact. Derivatives deˈterminableness n. rare ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Determinableness, capableness of being determined or decided. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.c1400
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